Fresh volcanic ash and debris indicate the vigorous activity of Russia’s Kizimen Volcano.
Published Feb 5, 2013
A steam plume hung above Chaitén Volcanoe’s growing lava dome, and a nearby river bed was choked with volcanic debris on April 3, 2010.
Published Apr 6, 2010
Brüggen Glacier in southern Chile is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and, unlike most glaciers worldwide, advanced significantly since 1945. From 1945 to 1976, Brüggen surged 5 km across the Eyre Fjord, reaching the western shore by 1962 and cutting off Lake Greve from the sea.
Published Dec 9, 2001
New features on the volcano suggest lava is reaching the surface at a new location.
Published Mar 26, 2013
The HPS-12 glacier in Chile has lost about half of its length in three decades.
Published Jan 25, 2018
Explosive interactions between lava and snow mark the evolving eruption of Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano.
Published May 18, 2013
This astronaut photograph highlights two volcanoes located near the southern boundary of the Nazca–South America subduction zone in southern Chile. Dominating the scene is the massive Minchinmávida Volcano at image center. At bottom center is its smaller, but currently active, neighbor Chaitén.
Published Mar 9, 2009
Volcan Parinacota is a potentially active stratovolcano located on the Altiplano, a high plateau in the Andes mountains.
Published Oct 17, 2011
This detailed image from June 29, 2011, provides a nearly unimpeded view of lava flows at the erupting Nabro volcano in Eritrea.
Published Jul 1, 2011
Reduced volcanic emissions and clear skies over southern Chile on March 3, 2010, revealed Chaitén volcano’s new lava dome.
Published Mar 9, 2010
Free of vegetation, the gray and white lava-covered peak of the Ubinas Volcano looks like it could be on the Moon or some other extraterrestrial body in this detailed true-color image from July 24, 2010.
Published Feb 6, 2011
